Child Rights Advocacy groups in Bayelsa State have vehemently opposed the traditional marriage between a four-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man in Akeddei community, Sagbama Local...
Nigerian ace singer, actor cum politician, Bankole Wellington is better known as Banky W in the latest post on social media spoke against an important issue...
Nigerian singer, Di’ja has taken to social media to urge parents to allow girls grow up before they get married. Taking to her Twitter page, Hadiza...
An attempt by an Ore-based Islamic cleric, Alhaji Yusuf Lateef, to forcefully marry a 16-year-old girl as his 9th wife has been quashed by an Ondo...
American singer R. Kelly, already facing trial in three states on sexual abuse, child pornography, kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges, has been hit with an...
A High Court in Pakistan has delivered a ruling on the marriage of underage girls that is sparking widespread outrage in the Asian country. The court...
Turkey’s plan to introduce a new law allowing men to avoid prosecution if they marry girls they’ve raped or had underage sex with has sparked outrage...
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested a 62-year-old man identified as Muhammad Ujujud for chaining and locking...
A 16-year-old India girl Miss Payal Jangid, was on Tuesday, honoured for her commitment towards advocating for education and abolition of child marriage after refusing to...
The increasing campaign against child marriage prevalent in northern Nigeria seems to be yielding results as many are now seeing reasons why they should not force...
A Nigerian man who felt horrified by the increasing number of child brides in the Northern part of the country and the danger it portends has...
Some Nigerians have questioned a TVC presenter, Akashat Ny’mat, for saying young people should be allowed or encouraged to get married once they start having sexual...
TV presenter, Akashat Ny’mat, has opined that young people should be allowed or encouraged to get married once they start having sexual urges. The “Your view”...
Less than a week after the family of a 16-year-old girl married her off to a 56-year-old man in Ozubulu in Anambra State, details have emerged...
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), on Wednesday, said Nigeria ranked 11 among the 20 countries in the...